Olympic Theatre Arts offering summer workshop for teens

With an award-winning composer/arranger and a Broadway singer/actor leading the way, Olympic Theatre Arts is looking to give young local thespians an “intensive” lesson in stage work.

Olympic Theatre Arts (OTA) in Sequim is now accepting registration for “Musical Theatre Intensive for Teens,” OTA’sits summer workshop open to teens between the ages of 12-19.

The workshop runs 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, July 23-Aug. 3, at Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., where Sequim’s Pacific Pantry will provide lunch.

Cost is $495. Limited tuition assistance is available. Space is on a first-come, first-served basis, and enrollment is limited to 20 students.

Linda Dowdell, a local award-winning musical composer and arranger, leads the group with Elinore O’Connell, a New York City-based Broadway singer and actor coming to the Olympic Peninsula. Additional creative artists joining the team are Jessica Reid, Elizabeth Helwick, Brendan Chambers and Maggie Jo Bulkley, offering lessons in: Scene Study, Improvisation, Dance Essentials and more.

After two weeks training as a company, students will have the opportunity to present informal performances to invited audiences.

See www.olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326 for information or to reserve a spot.